Solomon Islands
Position: Pacific Ocean
Position: Pacific Ocean
| International name: | Solomon Islands |
| Local name: | Solomon Islands |
| AREA ................................................ | 28.450 kmq |
| POPULATION .................................. | 523.617 in. |
| DENSITY ......................................... | 18,4 in/kmq |
| CAPITAL .......................................... | Honiara |
| LANGUAGES .................................... | Melanesian pidgin in much of the country is lingua franca; English is official but spoken by only 1%-2% of the population |
| RELIGIONS ...................................... | Church of Melanesia 32.8%, Roman Catholic 19%, South Seas Evangelical 17%, Seventh-Day Adventist 11.2%, United Church 10.3%, Christian Fellowship Church 2.4%, other Christian 4.4%, other 2.4%, unspecified 0.3%, none 0.2% (1999 census) |
| CURRENCY ...................................... | Solomon Islands dollar (SBD) |
| GDP per CAPITA ............................. | 1814 $ (2004) |
| HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX .. | 0,418 (127th place) |
| LOWEST POINT ............................... | Pacific Ocean 0 m |
| HIGHEST POINT .............................. | Mount Makarakomburu 2447 m |
| INDEPENDENCE ............................... | 7 July 1978 (from UK) |
| INSTITUTIONAL FORM ................... | Parliamentary Democracy in the Commonwealth context |
| WEB DOMAIN .................................. | .sb |
| COUNTRY CODE .............................. | +677 |
Pacific Ocean country
| Honiara | 31/10/2025 | 22:55 | ( GMT+11 ) |
Courtesy from CIA World Factbook